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16th March marks the anniversary of the Whispersinthecorridors . com. The fact that the Column has been sustained for 14 long years, without a break and single-handedly for most of the period, is indeed laudable. Its popularity remains unchallenged, and is growing by the day among politicos, bureaucrats and corporate honchos. My congratulations and best wishes to Dr Mehrotra for its continued success.

P V Rajgopal
Former Director National Police cademy

Gujarat - as seen by whispersinthecorridors.com (1)

Kuniyil Kailashnathan

Red tapism and inordinate delay is what Indian bureaucracy is known for. But no, not here, atleast when it comes to 1979 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, Kuniyil Kailashnathan, better known as KK - King Karmayogi. A staunch Modi loyalist Kailashnathan, who has been PS to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi from 2013 to 2014, is currently the Chief Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. Though an entrance to his office at the CM Secretariat depends on prior appointment, you don't have to wait to see whether you have been obliged. A simple glance at the marble notice board tells you all. While most appointments are done on first come first basis, once you have it, slip of your name is pasted there on the board - so no running to and fro to confirm about it. However, things further move smoothly, once a point to point discussion with him 'over an issue' is over. There is no room for pendency. No pending files either. Every visitor is not only attended to, but it is also ensured that his/her visit is fruitful.

(A visit by our Corporate Editor Abul Hasan)

Only Arjun Singh used to take care of officials
Only Late Arjun Singh has been recognized as a leader who used to take full care of those officials and their families who were loyal to him. These days the attitude of most politicians is 'use and throw'.


PM and North- East
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a mood to promote the interests of the North-East. This is evident from the fact that Secretary I & B Bimal Julka spent two days in the region. During his visit Julka highlighted the fact that the soft power of the region would be explored through the special plan schemes being implemented by the Films Division for production of short films from the region. He also said that a special section on films on Meghalaya would be introduced at IFFI this year. He also highlighted the initiatives of the Ministry in promoting the potential and production of films from the region.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Cabinet Secretary ? (4) P K Sinha
In 1977 batch only P K Sinha is considered to be a strong candidate for the post. 1977 batch UP cadre IAS officer Sinha is presently Secretary power. He retires on August 1.If Sinha is appointed Cabinet Secretary he would continue for two years. One can only guess.

54 IAS officers of 1997 batch empanelled as JS in GoI
As many as 54 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretray in Government of India. The officers are: Peeyush Kumar, Jamjam Syamala Rao, Ahmed Nadeem of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Santosh Kumar Mall and Ms A N Safeena of Bihar; Subodh Kumar Singh and Ms Niharika Barik of Chhattisgarh cadre; Ms Shahmeena Hussain, Manish Bhardwaj, Ms Sonal Mishra, Ashwini Kumar, Ramesh Chandra Meena of Gujarat cadre; Subhasish Panda and Rajneesh of Himachal Pradesh; Rakesh Gupta of Haryana; Sunil Kumar Barnwal of Jharkhand; Manoj Kumar Dwivedi of Jammu & Kashmir; Ms Sharmila Mary Joseph K, Rabindra Kumar Agarwal, Shasidhar K Srinivas of Kerala cadre; S Selvakumar, Harsh Gupta of Karnataka; Asheesh Sharma, Vijay Singhal, Eknath Rajaram Dawale, A L Jarhad, Harshdeep Shriram Kamble of Maharashtra cadre; Manish Singh, Sukh Veer Singh, Gulshan Bamra of Madhya Pradesh; Shantanu of MT cadre; Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Pramod Kumar Meherda of Orissa cadre; Krishan Kumar, Veerendra Kumar Meena, Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari of Punjab cadre; Hemant Kumar Gera, Ms Gayatri A Rathore, Rohit Kumar of Rajasthan; Ashish Vachhani, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, D Karthikeyan, Satyabrata Sahoo and Ms Beela Rajesh of Tamil Nadu cadre; Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu, Lalrinliana Fanai of Uttranchal; Mahendra Prasad Agarwal, Hari Om, M K Shanmuga Sundaram of UP; Sandeep Kumar, V Chandavelou, P Krishnamurthy of UT and Rajeev Kumar of West Bengal cadre.


Dhasmana is now Special Director R&AW
A K Dhasmana has been promoted to the rank of Special Director in the R&AW.He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Jan 22, 2015)

Anil Upadhyay to be Member CAT in Patna
Anil Upadhyay has been appointed Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He is former 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on Jan 28, 2015)

Padmini Gopinath appointed Member CAT
Former Secretary Posts Padmini Gopinath has been appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Ernakulam.
(We said this on Feb 03, 2015)

Delhi Police Commissioner to continue !
Latest whisper in the Corridors of power is that B.S.Bassi, Commissioner of Delhi police is going to continue. Earlier there were strong reports of a change of CP.


Dr Somanathan is new JS in PMO
Dr T V Somanathan has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre Somanathan would replace his batchmate BVR Subrahmanyam. He is a Chartered accountant and PhD in Economics and second in his batch.


Eight Additional Judges of Delhi HC now permanent
Eight Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court have been made permanent on Monday.


Rohit Arya is now permanent Judge in MP HC
Justice Rohit Arya Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has been made permanent in the HC.


Dr Umesh Singh Bawa quits as MD, NH&HDCL and NERAMAC ?
Voices are being dropped to whispers that Brigd (Retired), Dr Umesh Singh Bawa has resigned from the post of Managing Director, Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (NH&HDCL) as well as from the additional charge of Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd (NERAMAC). It is reported that he submitted papers to the concerned Ministry for the acceptance.


Snehlata Kumar to continue as Secretary Official Languages
Ms Sneha Lata Kumar will continue holding additional charge of Secretary, Department of Official Language for a further period of two months. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


Sinha appointed Ambassador to Kingdom of Bahrain
Alok Kumar Sinha, currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer.


Lt Gen Kanitkar to move to Delhi
Lt Gen Rajiv Kanitkar Corps Commander ,Bhopal is moving to QMG in Delhi in the first week of April.


Lt Gen Mehta to move to Bhopal
Lt Gen P S Mehta will succeed Lt Gen Rajiv Kanitkar in Bhopal as Corps Commander. He is presently posted in Ahmednagar.


Lt Gen Soni to head Command in Bhatinda
Lt Gen Soni is moving from Pune to Bhatinda as Core Commander.


IRS officer Jain is OSD to Kejriwal
Sukesh Kumar Jain has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Jain who is presently serving as Director, in Central Board of Direct Taxes is 1992 batch IRS officer.


Lanba is Chief of Southern Naval Command
Vice Chief of Indian Navy, S Lanba has been appointed the chief of the southern naval command. He would succeed S P S Cheema.


Cheema to head Western Naval Command
S P S Cheema will take over as the the Western Naval Command. He would succeed Vice Admiral Anil Chopra who is retiring on March 31.


P Murugesan to be Vice Chief of Navy
Chief of Personal at Navy Headquarters, Vice Admiral P Murugesan will succeed Vice Admiral Lanba as Vice Chief of Navy.

Pritam Singh relieved to join as Additional Secretary, MHA
The Government of Rajasthan has relieved Pritam Singh of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Additional Secretary in the Ministry Corporate Affairs. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mrs Gargi Sharma Goel relieved to join as PS to Sudarshan Bhagat
Mrs Gargi Sharma Goel has been relieved to join as Private Secretary to Sudarshan Bhagat, Minister of State for Rural Development. She is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.


Rahul Singh is new Director in UPSC
Rahul Singh has been appointed as Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.


Mishra is Director in UPSC
Ashwini Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.


Justice Ajit Singh appointed Judge of Rajasthan HC
Justice Ajit Singh, Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, has been appointed as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court.
(We said this on Feb 10, 2015)

Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri moves to Punjab and Haryana HC
Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri, Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, has been appointed as an Additional Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.


DoPT seeks application for Advisor (I&E), Brussels
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Advisor (Industry & Engineering) in the Embassy of India, Brussels under the Department of Commerce. Those willing to apply can send their application to DoPT before April 2, 2015.


S R Meena posted as PMG, Rajasthan circle
S R Meena has been appointed as Post Master General (PMG), Southern Region, Rajasthan circle, Ajmer. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.


PESB to hold interviews for Director (Fin), HPCL on Mar 18
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the Director (Finance), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on March 18, 2015.

CMD HUDCO receives 'Udyog Ratan Award'
Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Managing Director, Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO), has received the 'Udyog Ratan Award' constituted by Delhi Telugu Academy. The award was given away by Om Prakash Kohli, Governor of Gujarat during the Ugadi Celebration function recently held at New Delhi. Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Minister for Civil Aviation graced the occasion.

Ms Ishita Roy joins as JS, Higher Education (UPDATED)
Ms Ishita Roy has joined Government of India at Joint Secretary, Higher Education. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on February 24 )

Mukesh Sharma is also PS, Ayurved in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Mukesh Kumar Sharma has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Ayurved in Rajasthan. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
S Murugan Deputy Inspector-General of Police has been transferred and posted as the new DIG of Tirunelveli range with additional charge as the Commissioner of Police Tirunelveli city. He has replaced Sumit Sharan who has been posted as Villupuram DIG. Superintendent of police (SP) N Devarani who was with central investigation unit of prohibition offences has been posted as SP of narcotics intelligence bureau CID replacing S Santhi. Thoothukudi SP Dr M Durai has been transferred and posted as Sivagangai SP and the Sivaganga SP Ashwin M Kotnis has been made Thoothukudi SP. V Vikraman SP Villupuram was posted to Tirunelveli district replacing K S Narenthiran Nayar who has been transferred to Villupuram.

DGCA approves maintenance & repair of Dornier and Avro Aircraft at HAL(UPDATED)
HAL's Civil Aviation business got a boost with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) according an approval to HAL's Transport Division at Kanpur for maintenance and repair of Dornier (Do-228) and Avro (HS 748) aircraft. "HAL TAD Kanpur has obtained these approvals after rigorous audit by the team of DGCA officials", says T Suvarna Raju, Chairman, HAL. Last month, HAL bagged a major Defence contract for supplying 14 Do-228 aircraft to the Indian Air Force. HAL has so far produced 125 Do 228 and 89 HS 748. They are in service with Indian defence forces and others. One Do 228 was exported to Seychelles in 2013. The Government of Mauritius recently signed a contract with HAL to acquire HAL made Dornier aircraft for maritime surveillance to guard its extensive coastline. The Kanpur Division is now DGCA approved facility for maintenance and repair of both Do 228 and HS-748 aircraft as per CAR-145. The CAR 145 was introduced on January 26, 2005 to harmonize requirements for approval of aircraft maintenance organizations with that of international requirements. The availability of type rated license holders in airframe, engine and avionics is a prerequisite for grant of these approvals apart from adequate facilities and documentation for maintenance and repair of aircraft. Since type rated license holders on these aircraft were not available in open job market, HAL's Kanpur Division undertook DGCA approved courses in 'A', 'C', 'E', 'I' & 'R' categories. An oral cum practical test by DGCA was then arranged for award of type rated AME licenses to the personnel of TAD Kanpur.

T S Raju joins as full-time CMD, HAL (UPDATED)
T S Raju, Director (D&D), HAL, has joined as full-time Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
(We said this on Sept 15, 2014)

Orders of M Venkatesh for Director (Ref), MRPL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of M Venkatesh, GGM, MRPL, for the appointment as Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 3, 2014)

CORPORATE

Wipro appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala Group President
A leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced the appointment of Abid Ali Neemuchwala as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, effective April 1, 2015.


Panchal resigns as CS, Gyscoal Alloys Ltd
Dileep Panchal has resigned as Company Secretary of Gyscoal Alloys Limited w.e.f. March 16, 2015


Suyash to be MD & CEO, CRISIL Ltd
CRISIL Limited has appointed Ms Ashu Suyash as its next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company


Baker appointed CEO, Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd
Global Vectra Helicorp Limited has appointed Anthony James Baker as Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f. March 5, 2015


Gupta ceases to be Independent Director, RECL
Dr Sunil Gupta has ceased to be Independent Director of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited w.e.f. March 15, 2015


Jain resigns as CS, Technocraft Industries (India) Ltd
Manoj Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of Technocraft Industries (India) Limited.


Rai appointed CS, Technocraft Industries (India) Ltd
Neeraj Rai has been appointed as Company Secretary of Technocraft Industries (India) Limited w.e.f. March 16, 2015


Ranghanayakei appointed Independent Addl. Director, K.P.R. Mill Ltd
K.P.R. Mill Limited has appointed Dr S Ranghanayakei as an Independent Additional Director of the company.


Desai appointed Independent Director, Jupiter Infomedia Ltd
Jupiter Infomedia Ltd has appointed Akshay Desai as an Independent Director of the company.


Mehta appointed Woman Director, Specular Marketing & Financing Ltd
Specular Marketing & Financing Ltd has appointed Nilima Mehta as a Women Director of the company


Bharana appointed Director, Era Buildsys Ltd
Era Buildsys Ltd has appointed Hem Singh Bharana as Director of the company w.e.f. March 10, 2015


Sankav re-designated CFO, Chandni Textiles Engineering Industries Ltd
Chandni Textiles Engineering Industries Ltd has re-designated Shailesh Sankav who is Vice President (Finance) of the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2015

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Probable presidential candidates

List of presidential candidates would include Advani, Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, Hamid Ansari, Ram Naik, Kalaam Kasturirangan Sathshivam, Justice Somnath Chatterji Anandiben Patel and Najamaheptulla.

L R Agrawal


Misuse of power in AERA

New Chairman of AERA will not fall in the trap of AAI. Why all financial controls, sanctions etc. are given in the hands of AAI officials. The relatives of AAI officials are working in AERA on contractual basis. This is misuse of powers. New Chairman will control these irregularities in AERA.

Swami

Welcome move

It is a welcome move that central government offices should not use e-mail service other than that is being provided by NIC. It is not just through yahoo and gmail, traitors can have access to your computers and there are professional hackers who can invade your server through other websites also. The govt. should take cognizance of this issue. I went to one Tamil Nadu State Govt. Office where they have installed Reginet software which prevented staff from entering undesirable websites. Can PMO advise NIC to come out with a suitable one on similar lines ?

Sivakumar


Heartiest congrats

Hoping & wishing better future progress of NTC under the control of a very capable & experienced regular CMD like P C Vaish. Government should have taken this decision long back after his selection by PESB on July 4, 2013.

B B Jaitley


Rotational transfers

Rotational transfers to be done every three years for all services. There should be no exception. There are many manipulators, who manage to stay in the same Ministry for years together. If at all they have to move out on promotion etc., they either manage lucrative Ministries or they come back to their original Ministry after few months. DOPT can find this out from their records. It is not difficult. Such manipulators may be listed now and be posted out to non sensitive Departments.

Arun Sharma


Extend to all Group-A officers

This facility should be extended to all Group-A officers who are recruited through UPSC across Services.

James

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